Team Leader - Maintenance

Blue Diamond Growers; Turlock (CA); On-site; USD 84,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Diamond Growers in California seeks a Maintenance Lead to guide a maintenance team, prioritize safety, and ensure quality and performance standards across daily activities. You will work closely with planners to optimize schedules and coordinate contractors to sustain plant operations.

The role requires experience in electrical/mechanical maintenance, strong SPC understanding, and ability to communicate technical concepts across levels.

Qualifications

• Requires Associate's Degree in Engineering or Electrical Maintenance.
• 4 years of electrical or mechanical maintenance experience.
• Understanding of SPC and related tools.
• Experience meeting deadlines under pressure.
• Experience presenting technical concepts to staff and external customers.

Responsibilities

• Promote safety-first culture and enforce safety rules.
• Ensure compliance with food safety and GMP requirements.
• Oversee maintenance for the shift and report to the Maintenance Manager.
• Assign daily work to crews and coordinate with Maintenance Planner.
• Ensure timely completion of work orders for maintenance and repairs.
• Set priorities and manage daily schedule; act as shift emergency lead.
• Collaborate with Planner to reschedule held work.
• Schedule and coordinate activities between operations, maintenance and contractors.
• Obtain emergency parts, requisition items, and arrange contractors.
• Facilitate smooth shift transitions with carryover information.
• Assist in resolving customer complaints with corrective actions.
• Monitor storeroom items and propose improvements.

Skills

Safety leadership

Leadership

SPC knowledge

Deadline-driven

Interdepartmental communication

Education

Associate's Degree in Engineering or Electrical Maintenance

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Business Administration (preferred)

Tools

N/A

Job description

Work Shift: Multiple Shifts

Pay Type: Salary

Hourly Rate (if applicable): N/A

Targeted Base Salary Range (if applicable): $83,600.00 - $108,400.00

JOB OVERVIEW:

Leads a Maintenance team to ensure Safety, Quality, and Performance objectives are met while directing technically skilled personnel through daily activities. Engages future planner which includes working directly with your planner and leads. Oversees daily correspondence to the Senior Maintenance Manager relating to critical items with information documenting cost and project timeline.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Promotes a safety-first environment while following and enforcing all safety rules throughout the facility.
• Ensures compliance with all local, state and federal regulatory requirements involving food safety and GMPs.
• Oversees all maintenance functions for assigned shift to meet Business Unit strategies, goals and objectives, and completing report on reasons for not meeting schedule.
• Assigns daily work to crews; distributes planner work packs and provide personnel availability to Maintenance Planner.
• Ensures daily work is completed and review Work Order completion for all maintenance, repairs and modifications to all equipment and facilities.
• Determines priorities and alters daily schedule as required. Point of contact for all emergency calls on shift.
• Works with Maintenance Planner to reschedule "Held" work for later date and update the daily work schedules.
• Schedules and coordinates maintenance activities between operations, maintenance and contract personnel.
• Obtains emergency parts, requisitions, arrange for contractors, etc.
• Ensures a smooth shift transition by providing information on carryover and on-going jobs to incoming crews.
• Assists in resolving customer complaints, implement corrective actions.
• Monitors and reports Storeroom items that are obsolete or items requiring improvements through alternative parts.
• This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Associate's Degree in Engineering or Electrical Maintenance.
• 4 years or electrical or mechanical maintenance.
• Understanding of SPC and associated tools.
• Experience meeting deadlines and deal with high-pressure situations.
• Experience presenting technical concepts and ideas. Will have continuous contact with employees at all levels of the organization as well as external customers in the business and technical field.
• Must be able to physically move throughout the facility, including climbing multiple flights of stairs, ladders, elevated catwalks and tight access areas.
• Able to sit/work at a desk for extended periods of time doing things such as analytical work or reports, which requires focus, while utilizing a computer.

Total minimum number of years of experience required in lieu of degree

• 6 years of electrical or mechanical maintenance experience.
• * On call 24 hours a day for emergency situations.
• Weekend work required as needed.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Business Administration.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• 1-5

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Typical conditions may include prolonged sitting, standing and walking. WORK

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Must be able to work in a plant environment being exposed to dust, high noise levels, extreme temperature and humidity fluctuations, dirty work conditions, fumes and odors from welding and other maintenance processes, poor lighting, and wet operation work conditions.

WHY BLUE DIAMOND?

In addition to working at the world's largest, state-of-the-art almond manufacturer, we offer a safe and collaborative team environment, with numerous opportunities for free training and career advancement. Check out the BDG Benefits, Health & Wellness Guide HERE.

Blue Diamond Growers (BDG) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. BDG provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, or genetic information. BDG also complies with all provisions of the U.S. Government's Executive Order 11246 dated September 24, 1965 and the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor.